亜あ旧きゅう石せっ器き時じ代だい

noun

Epipaleolithic era

Archaeological term for the transitional period between the Paleolithic and Neolithic, characterized by microliths and hunter-gatherer adaptations. Rare outside academic contexts.

• 亜あ旧きゅう石せっ器き時じ代だいは、日本にほん考こう古こ学がくではあまり一いっ般ぱん的てきな区く分ぶんではない。

  The Epipaleolithic era is not a very common classification in Japanese archaeology.